Hand corn-planter



(No Model.)

P. SCHBNDZELOS.

HAND CORN PLANTER.

No. 517,487. Patented Apr. s, 1894.

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PATENT PAUL SCHENDZELOS, OF DUELM, MINNESOTA.

HANDlcoRN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,48 '7, dated April3, 1894.

Application filed June 12, 1893. Serial No. 477,273'. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, PAUL ScHnNDZnLos, a citizen of the United States,residing at D uelin, in the county of Benton, State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Corn-Planters, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had thereintothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to hand corn planters, and the objects of myimprovement are to simplify their construction, cheapen their cost, andimprove their operation; and also to provide improved means to readilyadjust the depth of the pocket in the seed disk or dropper; means toreadily adjust the dirt guard, and a self closing cover to the hopper. Iaccomplish these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompaningdrawings in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my improved planterwith one side broken away to show a portion of the interior. Fig. 2 is avertical section through the seed disk of the machine on line .fr a; ofFig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the machine on line y y of Fig.2, the upper part of the machine being shown broken away. Fig. 4 is anenlarged perspective view of the pocket adjusting bottom and its frame.Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the guide-plate for said frame and itsretaining spring.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is the front, A the rear or backand B B the sides of arectangular upright box which forms the frame ofthe machine. In the upper part of this structure, is a seed-hopper orreservoir, of which a partition a, forms the bottom, and said reservoiris provided with a cover O. This cover iits between the sides B B', itis hinged to the back A and when closed its outer end rests on top ofthe front A. A spring c is coiled around the pintle of the hinge, andone of its ends bears against the back piece A while the other end bearsagainst the cover C, whereby said cover is kept normally closed andpermanently secured to the device. The bottom a of the hopper is cutaway to accommodate a seed dropping disk D, which is mounted on ashaft djournaled in the sides B B and in a bearing block B2 secured to the rearside A. The

disk D is thicker than the side B, but its outer `face is flush with theouter surface of the side B. Said disk extends suiiiciently far insideto permit its seed pocket to register with an opening formed in thebottom a of the hopper. The shaft d extends beyond the side B and has atits outer end a crank arm d to which is connected one end 6c of a pitmanor link e, which, at its opposite end, is mounted on a stud e2projecting from one end of a block E secured on the face of a slide F.This slide or plunger is iitted between the sides B B', and restsagainst the 65 back A of the hopper. It is provided near its upper endwithahandlef, and at its lower end with a metal tip f properly securedthereto by rivets as shown in Fig. 3. The slideway for the plunger iscompleted, and its dis- 7o placement at the top prevented, by a metalstrap H passing across its face near its top, said strap being bent ateach end to partly embrace the sides B B', and is secured by a bolt hpassing through its ends, through the two sides B B and the back A',thereby also firmly securing together the parts of the frame of themachine. A board I secured to the edges of the sides B B near thebottom, forms the outside of the plunger slide-way. Said 8o board at itslower end has a metal face 11 on one side, and a block J on its outerface as usual.

A block la is secured to the inner face of the front board A. Said blockhas secured to its 8 5 lower portion a brush K which bears against theperiphery of the diskD and prevents the seed cup therein from beingoverfilled. The outer face of the disk D is hollowed out,leav ing a ringD2 in whichis formed a seed pocket 9o d the bottom of which is a plug M,secured to a rectangular metal frame M2, the sides of which are toothedas at m. These sides can be made to slide between lugs n n2 projectingfrom a plate N which is secured to the rimed out face of the disk. Saidplate has another lug o, which supports one end of a spring P while thelug n has a notch to receive the other end of the spring. The bottom ofthe seed-pocket is adj usted to vary the Ioo capacity of the pocket byraising the spring P out of the notches fm, moving the frame Mii in orout, and replacing the spring P in Some of the other notches.

At the bottom of the frame of the machine is secured an inclined boardQ, from which projects outwardly a screw-bolt q which passes through avertically arranged slot in a seed retainer and dirt-guard R whose upperend R2 is bent outwardly to form a handle to facilitate adjustment, andwhose lower end bears against the plunger F. It is held in position withits lower end in close contact with the plunger by a thumb-nut r uponthe bolt q, and an elongated washerR under said nut. The front of theplunger adjacent toits upper end, is faced with a metal plate S to wearagainst the metal strap Ill and the lower end s of this plate is turnedoutward to limit the movement upward of the plunger.

The seed being placed in the hopper, and the plunger being in its lowestposition, the operator, grasping the handle, places his toe upon theblock J, and with foot and hand presses the metal tip of the plungerinto the ground thus making a hole into which to drop the seed. The seedpocket is now upward and is filled with seed. Tith his toe still on theblock .I to hold the device down the operator draws the plunger up, thedirt guard closes the opening through which the plunger is raised; theseed disk is turned to its lower position dropping the seed from itspocket and permitting it to fall to the bottom of the space between thedirt guard and the plunger. The plunger is now depressed forcing thedischarged seed into the hole previously made, and turning the disk tobring the seed pocket again to its upper position to be again lled.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the hopper is keptautomatically closed at the top; the capacity of the seed pocket isreadily regulated from the outside without the need of a screw-driver orthe trouble of taking the machine apart. The

dirt guard bears closely against the plunger and promptly closes theopening through which the plunger is raised and can be readily adjustedor removed and repaired; and all the rubbing parts of the machine arecarefully protected against wear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The seed-disk havinga cup or hollow 1n its outer face, the seedpocket in the ring around such hollow, and the bottom for the seedpocket extending into such cup, in eombnation with the double ratchetframe upon which the pocket bottom is mounted, and the spring pawl forengagement with the double ratchet frame and securing the ratchet framein its different adjustments, as set forth.

2. In combination, the hollow disk having the seed pocket, theadjustable bottom for the pocket, the rectangular ratchet frame carryingsaid bottom, the plate secured to the face of the disk having guidinglugs for the ratchet frame, and the spring pawl secured to the plate andengaging the teeth on the two arms of the ratchet frame as set forth.

3. In combination with the inclined bottom and the front of the machine,the slotted dust guard having an outwardly bent upper end, the screwprojecting from the inclined bottom, the elongated washer across thedust guard and the thumb nut, substantially as described.

4. In combination, the front of the machine, the sides projectingslightly beyond the front, the plunger located between said sides, themetal strap S secured to the face of the plunger and having outwardlyturned end, the metal strap embracing the plunger and having its endsturned against the sides, and the bolt h passing through these ends, thesides, and the back of the hopper, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL SCI-IENDZELOS.

Witnesses:

ANDREW C. ROBERTSON, HENRY PUFE.

